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We left Zurich with the intention of visiting Mount Pilatus, which has impressive views over Lake Luzern. However, the Swiss traffic had a different plan for us. Approaching Luzern the traffic on the motorway ground to a halt. After about 45 minutes we managed to make it about a mile to the next junction. So we left the motorway and almost immediately got stuck in more traffic in Luzern. Clearly whatever had wrecked the motorway was comprehensively wrecking all of the local roads. Over the next hour we moved about 400 yards, at which point, in total frustration, I headed up the first available road out of town. Unfortunately this took us West instead of South.
In a “normal” country like England this wouldn’t be a problem, as you’d just drive West for a bit to get away from the stuck traffic, then head South. In Switzerland this sort of behaviour gets you on the wrong side of a mountain, which is a situation that isn’t necessarily easily recoverable.
So we continued to head West until we came to a winding mountain road that went through a pass back to the right side of the mountains. Along that road, in Sorenberg, was a cablecar. Being the first one we’d encountered, we went up it. As you can see, the view is okay. Apart from that it was pretty rubbish. Turns out I could have skipped the £20 ticket to the top and just driven to where I took this photo from. Doh!
So we headed back to the car and continued on through the pass.
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